Michael Abbott Jr. ('00) plays the lead role in feature film IN THE RADIANT CITY currently filming in and around Louisville, KY. Fellow Drama alum Celia Weston also appears. Film School alum Jeff Nichols is producer, and DP is Zoe White.

Jonathan Majors (’12) returns for the 2nd consecutive summer to The Chautauqua Theatre Company in southwestern NY
State to play Howie Newsome in Thornton Wilder’s OUR TOWN (July 3-12) and the title role in Shakespeare’s HENRY V
(Aug. 14-21) http://theater.ciweb.org/index.php/shows

K. Todd Freeman is nominated for a Broadway Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play for AIRLINE HIGHWAY directed by fellow alum Joe Mantello. Freeman was nominated for the Best Actor Award in 1993 for his performance in the title role of THE SONG OF JACOB ZULU.Mantello also directed THE LAST SHIP, nominated for Best Score by Sting. Marc Damon Johnson was featured in YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU,
nominated for Best Play Revival; Paloma Garcia-Lee appears in ON THE TOWN, Best Musical Revival nomination; Ben Furey, former School of Drama
Faculty and frequent guest artist is Dialect Coach on THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, THE LAST SHIP and GIGI; and
frequent guest artist Kevin Stites is musical director of ON THE 2OTH CENTURY. http://www.broadway.com/buzz/180570/an-american-in-paris-fun-home-top-2015-tony-nominations/

UNCSA’s School of Drama wins big at DC’s coveted 2015 Helen Hayes Awards! Artistic director of Theatre Alliance, Colin Hovde (Dir. Program ’04) wins OutstandingDirector of a Play w/fellow alum Nathaniel Mendez (’07) for THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA, which also won Outstanding Play, Outstanding Sound& Lighting Design; Wayne Bennett (’10) won the James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for Seven Guitars at alumni No Rules Theatre Company, Joshua Morgan (’09), artistic director; Jon Hudson Odom (’08) was featured in COLOSSAL, Charles MacArthur
Award for Outstanding New Play at the Olney Theatre; Theatre J, Shirley Serotsky (’99) acting artistic director, won the Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, & Outstanding Performer in a Visiting Production; Theatre Alliance also won Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical, and Outstanding MusicalDirector for BLACK NATIVITY; and D&P alum Paul Tazwell won Outstanding Costume Design forSIDE SHOW at the Kennedy Center.http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/2015-helen-hayes-awards/2015/04/06/2fdeec3a-dc76-11e4-be40-566e2653afe5_story.html

Read Press Pass LA interview with Blake Cooper Griffin (’07) on upcoming feature film RIDE directed by Helen Hunt (release date May 1), his role in LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED?, full length feature based on K. Rocco Shield’s acclaimed short, and playing Scott on Disney channel’s JESSIE.

Gaye Taylor Upchurch (Dir. Program ’05) directs world premiere of OF GOOD STOCK by Melissa Ross at South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA. High School Drama alum Melanie Lora is in the cast and Design & Production alum Tony Fanning is set designer. March 27-April 26.

Wesley Taylor (’08) guest stars in the season finale of HBO’s LOOKING Sunday, March 22 @ 9pm. And on Sunday April 5 @ 9pm he guests with fellow alum Tim Guinee on CBS’s THE GOOD WIFE. After that he goes into rehearsals for CABARET “as the iconic role of the Emcee” at Arlington, VA’s Signature Theatre, May 12-June 28. http://www.signature-theatre.org/shows/cabaret

Jake Lacy plays recurring character Fran on season 4 of HBO’s GIRLS beginning episode 6, Sunday’s 9pm EST. He is also featured as Keith on Direct TV’s original series BILLY & BILLIE written and directed by Neil LaBute. Tues. 8pm. http://www.hbo.com/girls#/

The NY Times announces Tony winner Mary Louise Parker returns to the stage in Manhattan Theater Club’s HEISENBERG by Simon Stephens (THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME). Previews begin May 19, opening June 3.

Jenn Lyons (’03) opens March 5th in the is much anticipated new Broadway comedy FISH IN THE DARK written and starring legendary Larry David In the role of Michelle. Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, at the Cort Theatre. http://fishinthedark.com/company

Cedric Lamar (’03) is company member for the 2015 season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival appearing in PERICLES directed by Joseph Haj, and ANTONY & CLEOPATRA directed by Bill Rauch. Directing Program alum Isaac Klein (’06) heads out to OSF to assistant direct the world premier of HEAD OVER HEELS, book by Jeff Whitty (Tony Award for AVE. Q), music/lyrics by The Go-Go’s, directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar. https://www.osfashland.org/artist-biographies/acting-company/cedric-lamar.aspx

Michael Abbott Jr. ('00) guest stars as Junkie Jake in episode 9 of Marvel's new Netflix series DAREDEVIL premiering 4/10.. He will guest star opp. James Spader in Season 2/Episode 14 of THE BLACKLIST on NBC, and he recently wrapped filming short film MUTT co-starring ‘03 Drama Alum, Jennifer Ferrin (HELL ON WHEELS, THE KNICK), and will appear as the lead in the 1930's drama short film KENNEDY HILL executive produced by David Lynch.http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/80018294?locale=en-US

Braxton Molinaro (’11) plays Charles in the LA premiere of Stephen Karam's Pulitzer nominated play Sons of the Prophet through April 10th at the Blank Theatre. http://www.theblank.com/

Timothy Eulich (’03) is Stunt Coordinator on Disney Channel’s KC Undercover Sundays at 8:30pm. He can also be seen as a stunt double on CSI: Cyber which premiering in March on CBS.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2361928/

Rob Lutfy (Directing Program ’09) has been named Associate Artistic Director of San Diego’s Cygnet Theatre by Artistic Director and alum Sean Murray (’89). Rob just directed Cygnet’s critically acclaimed THE SONS OF THE PROPHET w/fellow alum’s Alex Hoeffler and Austin Vaccaro. He is presently National New Play Network Producer in Residence at the Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jan/19/cygnet-theatre-new-season-rob-lutfy/

More alum’s with Helen Hayes Nominations – Theatre J, acting artistic director Shirley Serotsky (Dir. Program ‘99 ), has 3 nominations, one for Outstanding Original New Play. And Lindsay Jones (Drama ‘92) has been nominated for Outstanding Sound Design.

Nominees for the 2015 Helen Hayes Awards, one of the country’s most prestigious cultural honors recognizing and celebrating excellence in professional theatre in the Washington, DC metro area, have been announced. Prominent among nominees are two UNCSA Drama alumni Theatre Companies, NO RULES THEATRE and THEATRE ALLIANCE. NO RULES received 5 nominations for August Wilson’s SEVEN GUITARS w/Outstanding Supporting Actor nod to Wayne Bennett (’10), and Outstanding Actor to Ro Boddie (’09). Directed by beloved past UNCSA guest director Michele Shay, it was also nominated for Outstanding Ensemble in a Play. THEATRE ALLIANCE received a total of 19 nominations for two productions, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA and Langston Hughes’s musical BLACK NATIVITY. Artistic Director ColinHovde (‘04) and Nathaniel Mendez (‘07) were nominated for their direction of DISSOCIA. It was nominated for Outstanding Ensemble and Outstanding Play, as was BLACK NATIVITY in the Musical categories. Joe Isenberg (‘06) received 2 nominations for Outstanding Choreography of a Play, THE TOTALITARIANS and WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT… both at the Wooly Mammoth Theatre. The awards will be presented on April 6, 2015. http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/2015-Helen-Hayes-Award-Nominations-Announced-Ceremony-Set-for-April-6-20150126

School of Drama alum’s Angus MacLachlan and J.T. Rogers participate in the 50th Anniversary Speaker Series Sunday, Jan. 18 @ 7pm, UNCSA’s Freedman Theatre, Performance Place. Angus’s most recent film which he wrote and directed, GOODBYE TO ALL THAT, is now playing at select theatres nationally and is available on Video On Demand, iTunes and Amazon. It features fellow alums Paul Schneider, Anna Camp, Celia Weston, Beth Bostic and Steve Coulter. J.T.’s BLOOD AND GUTS had its world premiere at the National Theatre of Great Britain, American premiere at Lincoln Center. THE OVERWHELMING also premiered at the National and in America on Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre. Both Angus and J.T. hold honorary doctorates from UNCSA. http://www.uncsa.edu/pressreleases/Releases2015/January%202015/SpeakerSeries.htm

Star-Telegram Critics’ picks: Best Theater of 2014 Notice that the No. 1 picks from both of their Drama critics come from the same director and theater: Tre Garrett, (directing alumni 2004) who had a banner year at Jubilee Theatre, showing a maturation in the level of plays produced at the theater, which has traditionally been known more for its musicals.

Emily Simoness (’07), founder and executive director of SPACE on Ryder Farm, “a nonprofit artistic residency program committed to supporting and developing artists and their work”, will be a featured speaker on TEDxBroadway, Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 at New World

Marilyn McIntyre (’72) has been named Director of the Acting Program at the Howard Fine Acting Studio –Australia. In Los Angeles she continues to teach at the HFA Studio-LA. She will appear opp. Brenda Vaccaro in upcoming feature film 30-LOVE, and will soon be shooting

Lots of exciting news from UNCSA alumni Peppercorn Children’s Theatre. They have changed their name to THE PEPPERCORN THEATRE AT THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF WINSTON SALEM becoming a programming arm of the Museum. Producing directors Anna Rooney &

John Bowhers announced “we will operate under the Museum with both of us employed as full-time staff, giving us the capacity and resources to expand our vision and programming year-round, in addition to our summer season”. First up are the toe-tapping T’day

Anna Camp (’04) is the voice of wicked Princess Ivy in the Disney Channel special SOFIA THE FIRST: THE CURSE OF PRINCESS IVY which aired Nov. 23. She can presently be seen in Drama alum director/screen writer Angus MacLauchlan’sGOODBYE TO ALL THAT featuring fellow alums Celia Weston, Beth Bostic, Steve Coulter and School of Filmmaking alum Paul Schneider. She reprises her role as the controlling Aubrey in PITCH PERFECT 2 due out May 2015. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/things-pitch-perfect-sofia-star-anna-camp/story?id=27114114

Disney Studios releases a new social media poster featuring Billy Magnussen as The Other Prince in their upcoming feature film adaptation of INTO THE WOODS. He is also featured in PEOPLE MAGAZINE’S 2014 “Sexiest Man Alive” issue. Not to leave it at that, Billy is presently

Otto Wall is just a little unlucky, in life and, unbeknownst to him, in love. When his wife suddenly asks for a divorce, he bounces between a Facebook-fueled search for answers, desperate attempts to reconnect with his daughter, and his fateful reentry into the dating pool. Let’s just say, you won’t forget Debbie Spangler’s name anytime soon.
Junebug screenwriter Angus MacLachlan makes a sharp and sensitive directorial debut. He finds an ideal straight man in Paul Schneider as a husband and father finding redemption in breaking loose from his mundane routine. The stellar comedic cast includes Melanie Lynskey, Heather Graham, Anna Camp, Amy Sedaris, and Celia Weston. 39 NCSA alumni are involved in the production.

Quincy Dunn-Baker (’05) plays Sal Murphy in the world premiere of Sharyn Rothstein’s BY THE WATER at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Nov. 4-Dce. 7. Dialect coach is former UNCSA Drama faculty member Ben Furey. http://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/bythewater/

NY’s York Theatre Company to produce A TIME FOR SINGING, Drama dean emeritus Gerald Freedman and Oscar nominated composer John Morris’s 1966 Broadway musical based on Richard Llewellyn’s novel and John Ford’s 1941 Oscar winning HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY. Last produced at UNCSA in 2000 and not seen in NY for 48 years, it is directed by Michael Montel, music direction by Dale Rieling (guest music director for UNCSA’s GUYS AND DOLLS April 2015), Drama faculty member Greg Walter

Hayley Treider (’09), recipient of the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship for the Performing and Visual Arts will premiere the fruits of her labors, DAWN, her play with original music, in a workshop performance as part of the Emerging Artists Theatre’s New Works
Series at the TADA Theatre, 15 W. 28th Street, NYC on Fri. Oct. 17th at 9pm. Directed by School of Drama Directing Program alumSamip Raval, musical direction by School of Music alum Leo Hurley, the cast includes fellow alums Sydney Shepard, Alex Hoeffler,Casey Predovic, Kacie Brown, Jackie Robinson, Chris French, Lauren Karaman, Max Stampa-Brown, Mary Kate Harris, and Miss Trieder.http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/870872

Nick Bailey ('09) can currently be seen as college jock LeFevre on the Amazon Studios comedy pilot RED OAKS directed by fellow UNCSA Film School Alum David Gordon Green and produced by Steven Soderbergh. A coming-of-age comedy set in the “go-go” 80’s about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end—and the future begins. The pilot streams for free on Amazon for the month of September. The link to watch is: http://amzn.to/1qLbykQ

Charles Osborne (’12) will have an NYC staged reading of his new musical PARIS THROUGH THE WINDOW for which he has written book & lyrics w/music by UNCSA School of Music alum Leo Hurley as part of the York Theatre Company’s Developmental Reading Series. Fellow Drama alums Patrick Osteen, Sydney Shepherd and Allan Washington are featured. Tues. Sept. 9th at 3 & 7pm at the York Theatre, 619 Lexington Ave. @ 54th street.http://www.yorktheatre.org/upcoming-readings.html

Drama Directing Program alumnus Daniel Kelly returns to the Asolo Repertory Theatre for his second season as Assistant to the Producing Director. This summer he was assistant director to Rob Ruggiero for Goodspeed Opera’s critically acclaimed FIDDLER ON THE ROOF playing thru Sept. 12.http://www.goodspeed.org/productions/2014/fiddler-on-the-roof

Tiffany Little Canfield, Directing Program alum and casting director with Telsey + Company, is currently casting FLESH AND BONE for the Starz Network. Other recent projects include Showtime’s MASTERS OF SEX, HBO’s LOOKING,LINE OF SIGHT for AMC, and Disney’s feature film INTO THE WOODS. She is a guest artist at the School of Drama teaching
audition technique. http://stagelighter.com/coaches/tiffanylittlecanfield

'08 alum Wesley Taylor's web series IT COULD BE WORSE is now a cable network television show. Pivot TV has acquired Season One(it premiered June 8 after the Tony Awards at 11pm). Season Two has been acquired by hulu.com for a July release.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/191660-Will-Wesley-Taylor-and-Mitchell-Jarvis-Web-Series-It-Could-Be-Worse-Be-Acquired-by-Hulu

Stephen Shore (’13) plays the lead role in THE LEGEND OF JIM CULLEN at the Heartwood Regional Theatre, Parker B. Poe Theatre,
Damariscotta, Maine. “A Canadian/Appalachian musical based on a true story about the only man to ever be lynched in Maine.”
July 19-Aug. 2. http://www.heartwoodtheater.org/event/legend-jim-cullen-1

John Langs, assoc. artistic director of Seattle’s ACT (A Contemporary Theatre), Directing Program alum and frequent UNCSA
guest director, is presently in Tashkent, Uzbekistan w/ACT’s THE SEAGUL PROJECT, directing Chekhov’ great play as part of the
Ilkhom Theatre’s International Festival. ACT the first US theatre ensemble to perform at the Ilkhom. http://www.theseagullproject.org/

Dane DeHaan is all over the place as May 2 marks the USA opening of THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2. He’s on NBC’s THE TONIGHT SHOW w/Jimmy Fallon Tues. 4/29, and both of ABC’s GOOD MORNING AMERICA and LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL Wed. 4/30. In the attached
Denver Post interview he says – “I spent a lot of time learning how to do this. I didn’t even step into an audition room until I graduated from college, then spent 5 years training from 7 in the morning to 11 at night learning how to do this.”http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_25631722/spider-man-2s-dane-dehaan-is-about-be

Directing Program alum Colin Hovde, artistic director of Theater Alliance of Washington, DC directs DREAM OF A DISENFRANCHISED BLACK MAN by Psalmayene 24 as part of their Hothouse New Play Reading Series. http://www.theateralliance.com/

Busy Chicago/Hollywood stuntman & actor Ryan Carr (’07) was recently featured as an EMT of Dick Wolf’s NBC series CHICAGO PD. He is a stuntman/actor in feature film DIVERGENT starring Kate Winslet, & his SAG/AFTRA indie horror short CA$H, which he wrote, directed,
produced & stars in is now being submitted to film festivals. At the Lakeshore Academy of Artistic Gymnastics Ryan is an assistant coach to gold medal gymnast Natalya Yurchenko. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqvBBb5nGlE

HANK AND ANNA co-starring Andrew Pastides screens at the RiverRun International Film Festival April 5th (8pm @ UNCSA’s Babcock), April 6th (10am at UNCSA’s Gold), and April 7th (5:30pm at the Aperture Cinema). Winner of the Slamdance Audience Award HANK & ANNA
plays in NYC at the Village East Cinema April 11-17, and LA at Laemmle NoHo 7 April 18-24. http://2014.riverrunfilm.com/films/hank-and-asha

Trieste Kelly Dunn (BANCHEE) plays the recurring guest star role of “Elizabeth Farrell” on NBC’s prime-time Series BELIEVE. Sundays 9/8c. Ciera Payton plays the recurring role of “Meg” on CBS’s prime-time series BAD TEACHER premiering Thurs. April 24. 9:30/8:30c.
Her play MICHAEL’S DAUGHTER has been added to the Indie Theater Now online library. http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/michaels-daughter

Cynthia Darlow plays the unconventional psycho-therapist “Charlotte” in The Actors Company off-Bway revival of Christopher Durang’s BEYOND THEARAPY at the Beckett Theatre. March 11 – April 19.http://tactnyc.org/beyond-therapy-cast-creative/

Lincoln Center presents Rebecca Naomi Jones in a solo concert as part of the American Songbook Series, April 4th
at 8pm at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse. This performance will be streamed live on Watch.LincolnCenter.org http://americansongbook.org/events/rebecca-naomi-jones

Neal Bledsoe plays Count Almaviva in the McCarter Theatre’s THE FIGARO PLAYS by Pierre Beaumarchais. Adapted and directed by Stephen Wadsworth, this is an ambitious presentation of both THE BARBER OFSEVILLE & THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO in revolving rep. Princeton, NJ, April 1 – May 4.http://www.mccarter.org/figaroplays/2-about/castandcreative.html

Steven Kopp (Directing Program ’13) is assistant director to Jack Cummings III for the Off-B’way revival of John Van Druten’sI REMEMBER MAMA for the Transport Group. March 16 – April 20. http://transportgroup.org/i-remember-mama

Busy Directing Program alum Rob Lutfy is finishing up an artistic-fellowship at the Marin Theatre Company in CA, a LORT theatre committed to developing new plays. Next up, he has received a Charlotte, NC Arts and Science Council grant
to attend the Double Edge Theatre Winter Intensive in Ashfield, MA. He then goes to San Diego’s Cygnet Theatre to direct THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT. May 15 – 23. http://www.cygnettheatre.com/show/13-14/the-motherf--ker-with-the-hat.html

Jeremy Webb appears in the world premiere of Theresa Rebeck's FOOL at Houston's Alley Theatre, with voice & text work by Barney Hammond, former head of voice at the School of Drama. Feb. 21 - March 16.http://www.alleytheatre.org/Alley/Cast15.asp

Stephen Shore (’13) appears in the world premiere of LOST IN SPACE by Dejan Dukovski at the Whitelisted
Theatre Company, Producers Club, 358 W. 44th St. March 21 – April 6. WhiteListed’s mission is “to discover,
stage and perform Eastern European plays in NYC”. http://www.whitelistedtheatre.com/

Stephen McKinley Henderson, one of the defining interpreters of the plays of August Wilson, joins Denzel Washington in the Broadway
revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s classic American drama A RAISIN IN THE SUN. March 8 – June 15.http://www.raisinbroadway.com/company

Brian Coates appears in The New Brooklyn Theatre's critically acclaimed site-specific production of Edward Albee'sTHE DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH at the Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Extended thru Feb. 9.http://newbrooklyntheater.com/upcoming/

John Woodson, Drama alum, noted classical actor and theatre faculty member of Coastal Carolina University, presently
has his first one-man art exhibit in Winston-Salem at Swift & Wade Gallery on Trade Street, center of the downtown
arts district. Proprietor of the gallery is UNCSA Design & Prod. faculty member and woodturner, Bland Wade.http://www.swiftwadegallery.com/http://www.swiftwadegallery.com/bland-wade.html

Stephen Friedrich (’13) appears in the NY premiere of Vladimir Nabokov’s THE TRAGEDY OF MR. MORN in a staged reading
at the Obie Award winning Red Bull Theatre. Dec. 9.http://www.redbulltheater.com/Readings

Gaye Taylor Upchurch, Dir. Program alumna, who just directed School of Drama’s graduating class of 2014 in the musical
SHE LOVES ME, moves on to San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre to direct the west coast premiere of BETHANY by Laura Marks.
Jan. 25 – Feb. 23. She directed the original off-Bway production for NY’s Women’s Project this past year.http://www.theoldglobe.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=10536

Broadway legend and multi-Tony nominated alum, Terrence Mann, performs a number in the the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
from the Tony winning musical PIPPIN in which he plays Charlemagne.

Betsey Brown (’13) has been keeping herself busy since graduating this past May. She filmed a low budget indie with Alice Ripley this summer,
and just wrapped an episode of CW’s THE CARRIE DIARIES playing the role of “Jen”.

Mike Abbott, Jr. (’00) will co-star as the son of Burt Reynolds in the feature film comedy ELBOW GREASE,
written and directed by Jason Shirley. He recently wrapped production on A SHRIMP’S TALE, a short film
drama written and directed by Andrew Robert Swisher, scheduled for release in 2014.

As of Oct. 2013 Jonathan Frapper (’97) becomes Executive Director of Institutional Advancement for Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD),
with campuses in Savannah, Atlanta, Hong Kong and Lacoste, France. He credits his “education as an actor and drive from UNCSA” with
his success in funding for the arts.

Megan West FKA Stanke (’13) will play “Haley” on CBS’s PERSON OF INTEREST Oct. 1st, 10/9c;
and she has just shot an upcoming episode of NBC’s LAW AND ORDER: SVU.

Dane DeHaan co-stars in three movies being screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, Sept. 5 – 15. KILL ME DARLING, directed by John Krokidas, with Danielle Radcliffe, Elizabeth Olsen and Michael J. Hall;
DEVIL’S KNOT, directed by Atom Egoyan, with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth; and METALLICA: THROUGH
THE NEVER, directed by Nimrod Antal, with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2851530/

UNCSA Alumni touring company, The Open Dream Ensemble, sponsored by the Kenan Institute for the Arts begins its 2013 tour of the original children’s musical BIG SHOES by School of Drama High School alumna
Michaela Morton. Directed by Directing Program alum Robert Lutfy, BFA Drama alum’s in the cast include
Ali Bill, Wiley Basho Gorn, Chesley Polk and Haydee Thompson.http://www.opendreamensemble.com/people.html

Directing Program alumnus, Thomas Rowell, is assistant director at the Goodspeed Opera House to Rob Ruggiero,
frequent UNCSA guest artist, for THE MOST HAPPY FELLA. For what it’s worth, Thomas bicycled 670 miles from
Boone, NC to East Haddam, CT over 11 days to start rehearsals for this production.http://www.goodspeed.org/productions/2013/the-most-happy-fella

Alejandro La Rosa, class of 2013, is Administrative Intern at NY’s The Keen Company, Jonathan Silverman, artistic director. Carl Forsman, prior to becoming Dean of the School of Drama July 2012, was
artistic director of this award winning off-Broadway theatre.http://www.keencompany.org/home/

Mia Vallet (class of 2013) makes her professional debut off-Bway in ASHVILLE directed by Karen Allen, part of the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater’s
5-play cycle THE HILL TOWN by Lucy Thurber. Directing program alumna Gaye Taylor Upchurch directs the last play in the cycle, STAY. Gaye returns
to UNCSA this fall to direct Masteroff, Harnick and Bock’s musical SHE LOVES ME, Nov. 20-24.http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/daniel-radcliffe-play-american-crime-450405

Gregg Mozgala, UNCSA High School Drama alumnus and artistic director of NYC’s The Apothetae Theatre Company presents
and performs in THE PENALTY written by fellow High School Drama alumnus Clay McLeod Chapman. June 14-29 at Dixon
Place, 161A Chrystie Street. http://www.theapothetae.org/index.html Read the about this unique theatre company “dedicated
to the production of full-length plays about the ‘disabled experience’…featuring characters (and actors) w/disabilities or dealing
w/disabled themes”.

John Langs, associate artistic director of Seattle’s A Contemporary Theatre, directs HAMLET at the American Players Theatre
in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Ro Boddie plays Horatio in both HAMLET and ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD as
well as appearing in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. June 13 – Oct. 6. http://americanplayers.org/plays-and-tickets/hamlet

Jenn Lyon is Hildy Johnson in HIS GIRL FRIDAY, John Guare’s adaptation of THE FRONT PAGE by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur & the Howard Hawks 1940 feature film at the LaJolla Playhouse. May 28 – June 30. http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/his-girl-friday

Lucas Hall plays Puck in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, Bassanio in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, and Hamlet
in ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre. June 2 – Sept. 28. Lucas
played the title role in HAMLET at the Old Globe in 2007. http://www.theoldglobe.org/tickets/index.aspx

Jordan Brown plays Chad in the world premiere of Neil LaBute’s newly revised stage version of his feature film IN THE COMPANY OF MEN at Chicago’s Profile Theatre. May 16-June 30.http://profilestheatre.org/box_office.html

Will Rogers plays the title role in George Kelly’s 1920’s classic American comedy THE SHOW OFF
at the Westport Country Playhouse, directed by Tony nominated Nicholas Martin, director of the
B’way hit VANYA & SONIA & MASH & SPIKE featuring Tony nominated Billy Magnussen for the role
of Spike. June 11-29. http://www.westportplayhouse.org/calendar/view.aspx?id=2306

Nicholas Baily will be performing off-Broadway in MOONLIGHT AND LOVE SONGS at the Abingdon Theatre May 23-June2.
http://theater.nytimes.com/show/120268/Moonlight-Love-Songs/overview. He then goes to the Williamstown Theatre
Festival to play Michael in the much anticipated musical adaptation of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, music and lyrics
by Tony winner Jason Robert Brown, book by Tony and Pulitzer winner Marsha Norman, direction by Tony winner Bartlett Sher.
Aug. 1-18. http://wtfestival.org/2013/bridges

Mando Alvarado is an emerging voice on the burgeoning Hispanic American theatre scene.
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater presents his newest play BASILICA off-Broadway at the
Cherry Lane Theatre, May 8 thru June 16.http://www.rattlestick.org/basilica/

This morning April 30th Sutton Foster and Jesse Tyler Ferguson announced the nominees for the 2013
American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards. The following School of Drama alumni are nominated –
Billy Magnussen, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play, VANYA AND SONIA AND
MASHA AND SPIKE; Terrence Mann, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical,
PIPPIN; and Lauren Ward, Best Performance in a Featured Role in a Musical, MATILDA, THE MUSICAL.
Daniel Stewart Sherman is featured in the musical KINKY BOOTS w/13 nominations, and Marc Damon
Johnson appears in LUCKY GUY starring Tom Hanks w/6 nominations. D&P alumnus Barclay Stiff is
Production Stage Manager for THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES w/3 nominations, and former School of Drama
Faculty and frequent guest teacher Ben Furey is Associate Dialect Coach for MATILDA, THE MUSICAL.
The awards will air live on CBS, Sun. June 9th 8pm E/7pm C.http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html

School of Drama alumnus Joe Isenberg wins the prestigious 2013 Helen Hayes Award
for Outstanding Choreography in a Resident Production for THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE
OF CHAD DEITY at DC’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre, the first time this auspicious honor
has ever been awarded to a fight choreographer. Joe was unable to attend the
ceremonies because he is presently rehearsing SHOWBOAT at the Washington
National Opera.http://www.examiner.com/article/2013-helen-hayes-awards?cid=rss http://www.joeisenberg.net/

Interview with Braxton Molinaro presently playing John Wilkes Booth in ASSASSINS at San Diego’s Cygnet Theatre, directed by artistic director and alumnus Sean Murray.http://blog.cygnettheatre.com/

Sarah Haught, Directing Program alumna, is assistant director on the LA premiere of Daniel
Talbotts’ SLIPPING, off-Broadway Rattlestick Theatre’s first production on the West Coast.
April 4 – May 5.http://www.rattlestick.org/rattlestick-la/

Lauren Culpepper appears in Lincoln Center Theater Company’s much anticipated NIKOLAI AND THE OTHER by Richard Nelson, directed by David Cromer. Previews
begin April 4, opening May 6.http://www.lct.org/showWhosWho.htm?id=216